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Volunteers distribute emergency food and water during severe storm event.

Yolo Food Bank to Provide Disaster Relief Grocery Cards to Vulnerable Residents Experiencing Power Outages During Winter Storm

January 5, 2023

Designed to supply households with emergency and replacement food, the cards will be distributed by local partner agencies, made possible with financial support from PG&E.   *Please Note: A second […]

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Announcing Yolo Gives & Gathers

November 1, 2022

YOLO FOOD BANK LAUNCHES NEW FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON   Today, Yolo Food Bank (YFB) has launched “Yolo Gives & Gathers,” its annual fall campaign […]

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Karen Baker is Named New Executive Director

August 23, 2022

New Leader Possesses Proven Expertise and Innovation to Benefit the Food Bank   Yolo Food Bank board of directors has named Karen Baker as its new executive director.  Baker, who […]

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USDA Funds to Strengthen Local Food System and Advance Nutrition Security

July 29, 2022

During a tour and press conference at Yolo Food Bank on July 27, United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced the signing of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. […]

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Flipping the Food System: Nourishing the Workers Who Nourish Us

April 19, 2022

What is America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital without the people who harvest, process, transport, prepare, and serve our food? Food system workers were designated “essential” by the federal and state government at the […]

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Announcing an Effort to Create a Countywide Food Security Plan

April 15, 2022

Yolo Food Bank has entered into a $75,000 contract with the Institute for Social Research (ISR) at California State University, Sacramento that will set the foundation for a countywide food […]

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Welcoming Steven Loya Director of Philanthropic Engagement

February 24, 2022
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